Kozak Wins Trusted Choice Big I South Carolina Championship

During the summer, IJGA students have the opportunity to compete in tournaments both locally and nationally. Over the past week, our full-time and summer students participated in tournaments across the Carolinas.Kayla Kozak of Bluffton, S.C., and many of her classmates traveled to Orangeburg, S.C., to compete in the Trusted Choice Big I South Carolina Championship at Orangeburg Country Club on June 29-30. Kozak made eagle on the par-5 18th hole in the second round to card a 2-under 70 final round score. She finished the tournament with a 147 two-day total to win the Girls Division by eight strokes! With the win, Kozak earned a spot in the Trusted Choice Big I National Championship, to be held in Hutchinson, Kansas, on August 3-6, 2015.

Ankita Kedlaya of Bangalore, India, recorded a 158 tournament total to finish third. Sera Tadokoro of Osaka, Japan, tied for fifth with a 162 two-day total. Haruka Shintani also earned a top-10 finish, landing in ninth with a total score of 170.

Shiso Go of Kanagawa, Japan, and a handful of other IJGA students competed in the U.S. Junior Amateur Qualifier at Berkeley Hall Golf Club in Okatie, S.C., on June 29. Go posted an even-par 144 in the 36-hole event, good for third place and the first alternate spot. The U.S. Junior Amateur is scheduled for July 20-25, 2015, at Colleton River Plantation Club in Bluffton, S.C. Go will be in attendance in the hopes of gaining a spot in the prestigious event.

Tennoshin Ogawa of Ichinomiya-shi, Japan, carded a 149 tournament total to finish in eighth place.

Yeji Ahn of Changwon-City, South Korea, earned a sixth-place finish in the Precision Junior Girls Championship with a 160 tournament total. The 36-hole, Peggy Kirk Bell Girls Golf Tour event was held on June 24-25 at Deep Springs Country Club in Stoneville, N.C.

Next week our students will be competing in the Junior North & South Amateur Championship at Pinehurst Resort in Pinehurst, N.C., the Hurricane Tour’s Carolina Summer Classic at Rocky River Golf Club in Concord, N.C., and the AJGA Junior All-Star at Spring Valley in Columbia, S.C.